Mark Taylor / Chinchilla Persian female cat, 6 years.

Jane Burton / Silver tabby Chinchilla male cat.

Chris Shields / Illustration of wildlife of the Andes: South America Alpaca (Vicugna pacos),centre; Cougar / Puma / Mountain lion / Mountain cat / Catamount / Panther (Puma concolor),left; Spectacled / Andean bear (...

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby chinchilla Persian male cat Cosmos, wearing a Father Christmas hat.

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby chinchilla Persian male cat, Cosmos, wearing a police helmet.

Mark Taylor / Golden Chinchilla Persian female cat, 6 years, with silver tabby exotic male cat, 5 years.

Mark Taylor / Golden Chinchilla Persian female cat, 6 years.

Petra Wegner / British Shorthair Cat, tomcat, chinchilla, portrait

Petra Wegner / British Shorthair Cat, tomcat, chinchilla, sitting

Aflo / Young girl lying on ground with Chinchilla silver persian cat

Aflo / Close-up of Chinchilla silver persian cat face

Aflo / Close up of Chinchilla silver persian cat face

Aflo / Chinchilla silver persian cat lying in a basket with balls of wool

Aflo / Chinchilla silver persian cat in a basket full of balls of wool

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby chinchilla Persian male cat, Cosmos, wearing a Father Christmas hat.

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby chinchilla Persian male cat, Cosmos, wearing a Father Christmas hat and trying to swipe a hanging snowman toy.

Jane Burton / Sexing a male Chinchilla, UK

Jane Burton / Sexing a female Chinchilla, UK

Barry Bland / Pet Chinchilla portrait

Barry Bland / Pet Chinchilla portrait

Luciano Candisani / Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) portrait, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jane Burton / Vet securely holding a female fawn Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

Jane Burton / Two white Chinchilla kittens in a basket.

Jane Burton / Chinchilla kitten sitting with young silver colourpoint rabbit.

Jane Burton / Chinchilla kitten sniffing the ear of a young silver colourpoint rabbit.

Jane Burton / Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera), normally found in the High Andes.

Jane Burton / Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) with two babies (High Andes species)

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 8-Week, Chinchilla-cross Silver tortoiseshell kitten.

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 9-week, Chinchilla-cross kitten 'Blossom'

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 6-week, Chinchilla-cross kitten 'Blossom'

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 5-month, Silver bi-colour chinchilla-cross (Cosmos x Pearl)

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 9-weeks, Chinchilla-cross kitten 'Blossom'

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} Chinchilla persian 'Cosmos'

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 8-week Tortoiseshell and white Chinchilla-cross kitten

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} Silver tabby chinchilla-cross-persian in full coat

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 5-month Silver Bicolour Chinchilla-cross kitten, sleeping

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} Chinchilla persian portrait

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} 6-week Tabby chinchilla x British shorthair kitten

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} Chinchilla persian close up of face

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} two Chinchilla-cross kittens sleeping in bed

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, 5-month silver bicolour Chinchilla-cross

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, Tabby Chinchilla Burmese cross 'Popocat'

Jane Burton / Persian (Long-haired) portrait of a Chinchilla male domestic cat

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} Silvertabby (Chinchilla x Persian) kitten among Michaelmas dasies and Japanese Anemones.

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} tabby and siver chinchilla Persian kittens, by watering can among bellflowers.

Dan Burton / Long tailed chinchilla {Chinchilla lanigera} UK

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Viscacha (Lagidium sp.). Plate 42 from Volume 1 Trans Zool Soc London, 1835, 'Additional remarks on the Genus Lagotis, with some account of a second species referrible to it' with cont...